Quick and Easy Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Pasta

The basil I planted early this spring has been growing like a weed, so I seriously cut it back today and make some pesto cream pasta.  I am too lazy and poor to make a special trip to the grocery store, so I just used what we had on hand and it turned out pretty well.  The only change I plan on making next time is using heavy cream instead of milk if I have it.  I tend to think that no matter what the dish is, heavy cream will probably make it taste better.  I really like the combination...

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Homemade Fig Jam

Since we're moving, Kyle and I are making an effort to clean out our cabinets.  Moving food really sucks, but so does throwing it away, so we've cut out going out to eat for a while.  One of the things I decided to tackle was my large stash of frozen fruit.  My grandmother gave me a ton of figs last summer (I think?), and I didn't have time to use them all up so I stuck them in the freezer until I could decide what to do with them.  While I really, really love eating fresh figs as a snack,...

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Vanilla Pound Cake Recipe

Since we're moving within the next month, we're currently trying to clean out our cabinets.  The only thing worse than moving food is throwing it away.  I recently came into a large quantity of eggs (two and a half dozen!) from my grandmother, so I've been trying to use them up before they go bad.  One of my favorite things to make that uses a ton of eggs is pound cake.  We don't have a variety of ingredients, so I picked out this simple Vanilla Pound Cake recipe from Buttered Up, and still ended up having to substitute...

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